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Practice remembering names

Practice remembering names

From the course: What to Do When You’re New (Blinkist Summary)

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Practice remembering names

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- [Instructor] Blink number four, practice remembering names to show respect, to flatter others, and to make a good impression. Remembering names is crucial to social interaction. So why is it such a struggle for us to recall them? Blame it on evolution. Our prehistoric brain wasn't designed to remember names. In prehistoric times, we interacted with a very limited number of people. Only relatively recently did remembering many names become a necessity. Additionally, a person's name is stored in a different brain region than the other information we associate with that person. That's why it's easy for some people to remember faces, occupations or hobbies, but not names. Furthermore, a psychological phenomenon called context dependent recall might also hinder name recollection. Context dependent recall is when your memory for something or someone is tied only to the associated context or environment. For example, you may…

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